Bicycle-support.



Patented Jan. 2, I900.

W. H. HART, 1R.

BICYCLE SUPPORT.

(Application filed Mar. 6. 1899.)

(No Model.)

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BlGYULE SUPPURTW $PECIFIOATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 640,380, dated January 2, 1900.

Application filed March 6, 1899. Serial No. 707,911. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM H. HART, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphiafitate of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bicycle-Supports, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a bicycle-support which may be placed in operative position on the frame of a bicycle-pedal and when not re quired for service may be folded by sliding it into a longitudinally-extending bore in said frame.

Figures 1 and :2 represent views, respectively perspective and in side elevation, partly sectional, of a bicycle-support embodying my invention, showing also a form of pedal to which said support is applicable, said support being respectively in operative and inoperative positions. Fig. 3 represents a side elevation of another form of my invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a bicycle-support which is formed of the resilient legs 13 and the base 0, said legs rising from said base and being free at their upper ends and unobstructed throughout their lengths.

D designates the foot-tread of a bicyclepedal, the members of the same being tubular or hollow and having the bores E thereof, which are horizontal and extending in the transverse direction of said foot-tread, intersected by vertical recesses F, preferably at or near their outer ends, said recesses being somewhat inclined.

lVhen service of the support is required, the operation is as follows: The legs 13 are pressed together, and the upper ends are inserted in the recesses F, whereby the support depends from the foot-tread and retains its connection therewith, owing to the resilient nature of the legs, it being evident that the bicycle may now be properly supported, the base C resting on the ground, road, the. \Vhen service of the support is not required, the legs are withdrawn from the foot-rest and inserted in the bores E of the same, whereby they occupy an otherwise unused position out of the way and remain folded in said foot-rest, as will be apparent on reference to Fig. 2.

In Fig. 3 I show eyes G in the side of the frame to receive the upper ends of the limbs 13 when the support is in operative position and eyes H to receive said limbs when the support is in folded condition on said frame,

the openings in said eyes being at an angle to each other or intersecting.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bicyele-support consisting of a leg which is unobstructed in the direction of its length, and a pedal-frame having a bore there in in the direction of the width of said frame adapted to the size and shape of said leg whereby the latter maybe slid into said bore to fold it in inoperative position.

2. In a bicycle-support, a bicycle-pedal hav ing in the foot-tread or frame thereof, a bore to receive the leg of the support when in iuoperative position and a recess bisecting said bore to receive the upper end of said leg in operative position.

3: A bicycle-frame consisting of a leg and a base, said leg being unobstructed in the direction of its length, and a pedal-frame having in the foot-tread thereof a bore extending in the transverse direction of said frame to receive said leg.

' WILLIAM ll. HART, J R.

Witnesses:

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